An exploration of the cultural legacy of Pee-wee Herman, I Know You Are, but What Am I? shows how Pee-wee’s Playhouse informs our present moment. Cait McKinney looks at how queer people who were children in the 1980s remember and relate to Pee-wee now, showing that the moral panic about sexuality, gender, and children from the past can help us refute anti-trans and anti-queer political movements organized today.